{"id":215,"date":"2013-10-17T12:47:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T17:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/environmental-studies\/?page_id=215"},"modified":"2014-05-02T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T18:48:55","slug":"news-and-alumni-from-environmental-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/environmental-studies\/news-and-alumni-from-environmental-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Alumni from Environmental Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>Many of our majors and concentrators go on to make contributions to issues of local, regional, national and international environmental significance. We highlight some contributions folks have made in this posting.<\/p>\n<p>02 May 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Fulbright Award Winner!<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sonja Smerud &#8217;14 received a Fulbright to Germany. \u00a0Congratulations.<\/p>\n<p>01 Mar 2014<br \/>\n<strong>AGU Biogeosciences 2013 Outstanding Student Paper Award Winner<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kateri Salk &#8217;12 received the Biogeosciences AGU <a href=\"http:\/\/membership.agu.org\/ospawinner\/kateri-salk\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013 award for an outstanding student paper<\/a>. \u00a0She presented work\u00a0on seasonal hypoxia and mixing events linked to atmospheric fluxes and isotope biogeochemistry of N2O and CH4 in Muskegon Lake. \u00a0 Click the link above to see Kateri&#8217;s presentation and additional details.<\/p>\n<p><em>12 Feb 2011<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Wildlife Habitat Journey &#8211; Embarking on a 4,500 mile adventure<br \/>\n<\/strong>On February 3, 2011 John Davis dropped his paddle in the water and moved his kayak forward, embarking on a 10 month adventure. He will be kayaking, hiking, cycling and skiing through the wilds of the eastern United States until he emerges in Quebec, well north of Montreal and directly above New Brunswick, Canada, at the Gaspe Peninsula. The 4,500-mile expedition\u2019s aim is to raise awareness of the need for a north to south eastern \u201cwildway,\u201d a connected habitat that would allow safe passage for native wildlife needing room to roam. John hopes &#8220;&#8230;people will view this journey from afar and feel better connected with the lands and wildlife they love. I hope they will feel inspired to help save and restore these places and species, and will learn ways they can do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The journey is being sponsored by the Wildlands Network organization, and is being referred to as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildlandsnetwork.org\/trekeast\">TrekEast<\/a>. There will be frequent updates about Davis\u2019 journey on Twitter, Facebook and the Wildlands Network\u2019s website via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildlandsnetwork.org\/trekeast\/blog\">his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>John studied environmental ethics at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, co-edited \u201cWild Earth\u201d magazine, served as biodiversity and wilderness program officer for the Foundation for Deep Ecology and, until recently, wildlife conservation director for the Adirondack Council. For a nice article summarizing the expedition, see\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/blastmagazine.com\/the-magazine\/culturefashion\/a-journey-for-the-future-man-embarks-on-4500-mile-trip-for-wildlife-habitat\/\">Blast Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>07 December 2009<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Pheasants Forever Names New Director of Conservation Programs for MN<\/strong><br \/>\nJoseph M. Pavelko (&#8217;04 ES Major) was named the organization&#8217;s new Director of Conservation Programs for Minnesota. Pavelko joins &#8220;The Habitat Organization&#8221; from the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. and Friends of the Minnesota Valley where he served as Conservation Projects Manager since 2005. Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotapf.org\/page\/1\/PressReleaseViewer.jsp?pressReleaseId=14102\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see the press release from Pheasants Forever. A comprehensive story can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2009\/12\/07\/pheasants-forevers-director-of-conservation-program\/\">AmmoLand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of our majors and concentrators go on to make contributions to issues of local, regional, national and international environmental significance. 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